Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Trump urges Ukraine to replace Zelenskyy and halt refinery strikes
Donald Trump said Ukraine should choose a new president.
He said he thought a new leader might be able to make a deal to end the war with Russia.
Trump also told Ukraine to stop attacking Russian oil refineries.
He said the war should never have begun.
He blamed the war on what he called incompetence.
Trump claimed Ukraine had lost 30% of its territory.
He also claimed more than two million people had been killed.
Those figures were stated by Trump.
US President Donald Trump said Ukraine should get a new leader who can make a deal with Russia.
Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had not done enough to end the war.
He called on Ukraine to stop striking Russian oil refineries.
Trump said the war should never have started and blamed it on incompetence.
Trump claimed the conflict had cost Ukraine 30% of its territory and caused more than two million deaths; these were his figures.
- Who
- US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
- What
- Trump called for Ukraine to get a new leader and stop strikes on Russian oil refineries.
- When
- Saturday; the article does not specify a date.
- Where
- The White House.
- Why
- Trump said Zelenskyy had not done enough to end the war and argued that Ukraine should seek a deal.
- Speaker
- US President Donald Trump
- Location
- The White House
- Reported day
- Saturday
- Call on Ukraine
- Stop striking Russian oil refineries
- Leadership comment
- Trump said Ukraine should get a new leader who could make a deal
- Claim about territory
- Trump said Ukraine had lost 30% of its territory
- Claim about deaths
- Trump said more than two million people had been killed